ILRHR 6631

Work Groups and Teams

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

There has been an ongoing shift from work organized around individual jobs to team-based work structures. This course examines the factors that are influencing the emergence of teams as basic building blocks of organizations and the implications of team-based work structures for human resource management. The first part of the course focuses on the different types of teams that can exist with organizations and the determinants of work team effectiveness. Attention is then shifted to examining the key aspects of the creation, development, operation, and management of work teams. The goal of the course is to provide students with a better understanding of how organizations can enhance the effectiveness of their work groups and teams.

When Offered Fall (seven-week session).

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: ILRHR 5600 or permission of instructor.

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